I am creating a free version of my iPhone game. I want to have a button inside the free version that takes people to the paid version in the app store. If I use a standard link
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300136119&mt=8
the iPhone opens Safari first, and then the app store. I have used other apps that open the app store directly, so I know it is possible.
Any ideas? What is the URL Scheme for the app store?
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ios
objective-c
app-store
If you want to link to a developer's apps and the developer's name has punctuation or spaces (e.g. Development Company, LLC) form your URL like this:
itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/DevelopmentCompanyLLC
Otherwise it returns "This request cannot be processed" on iOS 4.3.3
I can confirm that if you create an app in iTunes connect you get your app id before you submit it.
Therefore..
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id123456789
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id123456789"];
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication]canOpenURL:appStoreURL])
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]openURL:appStoreURL];
Works a treat
-(IBAction)clickedUpdate
{
NSString *simple = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id1234567890";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:simple]];
}
replace 'id1234567890' with 'id' and 'your ten digit number'
This works perfectly on all devices.
It does go straight to the app store, no redirects.
Is OK for all national stores.
It's true you should move to using loadProductWithParameters, but if the purpose of the link is to update the app you are actually inside of: it's possibly better to use this "old-fashioned" approach.
If you have the app store id you are best off using it. Especially if you in the future might change the name of the application.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id378458261
If you don't have tha app store id you can create an url based on this documentation https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
+ (NSURL *)appStoreURL
{
static NSURL *appStoreURL;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
appStoreURL = [self appStoreURLFromBundleName:[[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleName"]];
});
return appStoreURL;
}
+ (NSURL *)appStoreURLFromBundleName:(NSString *)bundleName
{
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/%@", [self sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier:bundleName]]];
return appStoreURL;
}
+ (NSString *)sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier:(NSString *)resourceSpecifier
{
/*
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
To create an App Store Short Link, apply the following rules to your company or app name:
Remove all whitespace
Convert all characters to lower-case
Remove all copyright (©), trademark (™) and registered mark (®) symbols
Replace ampersands ("&") with "and"
Remove most punctuation (See Listing 2 for the set)
Replace accented and other "decorated" characters (ü, å, etc.) with their elemental character (u, a, etc.)
Leave all other characters as-is.
*/
resourceSpecifier = [resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"&" withString:@"and"];
resourceSpecifier = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:[resourceSpecifier dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES] encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
resourceSpecifier = [resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"[!¡\"#$%'()*+,-./:;<=>¿?@\\[\\]\\^_`{|}~\\s\\t\\n]" withString:@"" options:NSRegularExpressionSearch range:NSMakeRange(0, resourceSpecifier.length)];
resourceSpecifier = [resourceSpecifier lowercaseString];
return resourceSpecifier;
}
Passes this test
- (void)testAppStoreURLFromBundleName
{
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Nuclear™"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/nuclear", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Magazine+"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/magazine", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Karl & CO"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/karlandco", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"[Fluppy fuck]"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/fluppyfuck", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Pollos Hérmanos"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/polloshermanos", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Niños and niñas"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/ninosandninas", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Trond, MobizMag"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/trondmobizmag", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"!__SPECIAL-PLIZES__!"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/specialplizes", nil);
}
Simply change 'itunes' to 'phobos' in the app link.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300136119&mt=8
Now it will open the App Store directly
This is working and directly linking in ios5
NSString *iTunesLink = @"http://itunes.apple.com/app/baseball-stats-tracker-touch/id490256272?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
A number of answers suggest using 'itms' or 'itms-apps' but this practice is not specifically recommended by Apple. They only offer the following way to open the App Store:
Listing 1 Launching the App Store from an iOS application
NSString *iTunesLink = @"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
See https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1629/_index.html last updated March, 2014 as of this answer.
For apps that support iOS 6 and above, Apple offers a in-app mechanism for presenting the App Store: SKStoreProductViewController
- (void)loadProductWithParameters:(NSDictionary *)parameters completionBlock:(void (^)(BOOL result, NSError *error))block;
// Example:
SKStoreProductViewController* spvc = [[SKStoreProductViewController alloc] init];
spvc.delegate = self;
[spvc loadProductWithParameters:@{ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : @(364709193) } completionBlock:^(BOOL result, NSError *error){
if (error)
// Show sorry
else
// Present spvc
}];
Note that on iOS6, the completion block may not be called if there are errors. This appears to be a bug that was resolved in iOS 7.
If you have the app store id you are best off using it. Especially if you in the future might change the name of the application.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id378458261
If you don't have tha app store id you can create an url based on this documentation https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
+ (NSURL *)appStoreURL
{
static NSURL *appStoreURL;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
appStoreURL = [self appStoreURLFromBundleName:[[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleName"]];
});
return appStoreURL;
}
+ (NSURL *)appStoreURLFromBundleName:(NSString *)bundleName
{
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/%@", [self sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier:bundleName]]];
return appStoreURL;
}
+ (NSString *)sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier:(NSString *)resourceSpecifier
{
/*
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
To create an App Store Short Link, apply the following rules to your company or app name:
Remove all whitespace
Convert all characters to lower-case
Remove all copyright (©), trademark (™) and registered mark (®) symbols
Replace ampersands ("&") with "and"
Remove most punctuation (See Listing 2 for the set)
Replace accented and other "decorated" characters (ü, å, etc.) with their elemental character (u, a, etc.)
Leave all other characters as-is.
*/
resourceSpecifier = [resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"&" withString:@"and"];
resourceSpecifier = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:[resourceSpecifier dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES] encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
resourceSpecifier = [resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"[!¡\"#$%'()*+,-./:;<=>¿?@\\[\\]\\^_`{|}~\\s\\t\\n]" withString:@"" options:NSRegularExpressionSearch range:NSMakeRange(0, resourceSpecifier.length)];
resourceSpecifier = [resourceSpecifier lowercaseString];
return resourceSpecifier;
}
Passes this test
- (void)testAppStoreURLFromBundleName
{
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Nuclear™"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/nuclear", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Magazine+"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/magazine", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Karl & CO"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/karlandco", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"[Fluppy fuck]"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/fluppyfuck", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Pollos Hérmanos"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/polloshermanos", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Niños and niñas"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/ninosandninas", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"Trond, MobizMag"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/trondmobizmag", nil);
STAssertEqualObjects([AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName:@"!__SPECIAL-PLIZES__!"].absoluteString, @"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/specialplizes", nil);
}
You can get a link to a specific item in the app store or iTunes through the link maker at: http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker/
Starting from iOS 6 right way to do it by using SKStoreProductViewController class.
Swift 5.x:
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(_ identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProduct(withParameters: parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.present(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
private func productViewControllerDidFinish(viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
// Usage:
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier("1234567")
Swift 3.x:
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProduct(withParameters: parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.present(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
func productViewControllerDidFinish(_ viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
// Usage:
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: "13432")
You can get the app's itunes item identifier like this: (instead of a static one)
Swift 3.2
var appID: String = infoDictionary["CFBundleIdentifier"]
var url = URL(string: "http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=\(appID)")
var data = Data(contentsOf: url!)
var lookup = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: []) as? [AnyHashable: Any]
var appITunesItemIdentifier = lookup["results"][0]["trackId"] as? String
openStoreProductViewController(withITunesItemIdentifier: Int(appITunesItemIdentifier!) ?? 0)
Swift 2.x:
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProductWithParameters(parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.presentViewController(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
func productViewControllerDidFinish(viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
// Usage
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier("2321354")
objective-C:
static NSInteger const kAppITunesItemIdentifier = 324684580;
[self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier:kAppITunesItemIdentifier];
- (void)openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier:(NSInteger)iTunesItemIdentifier {
SKStoreProductViewController *storeViewController = [[SKStoreProductViewController alloc] init];
storeViewController.delegate = self;
NSNumber *identifier = [NSNumber numberWithInteger:iTunesItemIdentifier];
NSDictionary *parameters = @{ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier:identifier };
UIViewController *viewController = self.window.rootViewController;
[storeViewController loadProductWithParameters:parameters
completionBlock:^(BOOL result, NSError *error) {
if (result)
[viewController presentViewController:storeViewController
animated:YES
completion:nil];
else NSLog(@"SKStoreProductViewController: %@", error);
}];
[storeViewController release];
}
#pragma mark - SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate
- (void)productViewControllerDidFinish:(SKStoreProductViewController *)viewController {
[viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
You can get
kAppITunesItemIdentifier(app's itunes item identifier) like this: (instead of a static one)
NSDictionary* infoDictionary = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary];
NSString* appID = infoDictionary[@"CFBundleIdentifier"];
NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=%@", appID]];
NSData* data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSDictionary* lookup = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
NSString * appITunesItemIdentifier = lookup[@"results"][0][@"trackId"];
[self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier:[appITunesItemIdentifier intValue]];
Despite there being loads of answers here, none of the suggestions for linking to the developers apps seem to work anymore.
When I last visited I was able to get it working using the format:
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/developer/developer-name/id123456789
This no longer works, but removing the developer name does:
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/developer/id123456789
For Xcode 9.1 and Swift 4:
import StoreKit
2.Conform the protocol
SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate
3.Implement the protocol
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProduct(withParameters: parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.present(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
3.1
func productViewControllerDidFinish(_ viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: "here_put_your_App_id")
Note:
It is very important to enter the exact ID of your APP. Because this cause error (not show the error log, but nothing works fine because of this)
Apple just announced the appstore.com urls.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
There are three types of App Store Short Links, in two forms, one for iOS apps, another for Mac Apps:
Company Name
iOS: http://appstore.com/ for example, http://appstore.com/apple
Mac: http://appstore.com/mac/ for example, http://appstore.com/mac/apple
App Name
iOS: http://appstore.com/ for example, http://appstore.com/keynote
Mac: http://appstore.com/mac/ for example, http://appstore.com/mac/keynote
App by Company
iOS: http://appstore.com// for example, http://appstore.com/apple/keynote
Mac: http://appstore.com/mac// for example, http://appstore.com/mac/apple/keynote
Most companies and apps have a canonical App Store Short Link. This canonical URL is created by changing or removing certain characters (many of which are illegal or have special meaning in a URL (for example, "&")).
To create an App Store Short Link, apply the following rules to your company or app name:
Remove all whitespace
Convert all characters to lower-case
Remove all copyright (©), trademark (™) and registered mark (®) symbols
Replace ampersands ("&") with "and"
Remove most punctuation (See Listing 2 for the set)
Replace accented and other "decorated" characters (ü, å, etc.) with their elemental character (u, a, etc.)
Leave all other characters as-is.
Listing 2 Punctuation characters that must be removed.
!¡"#$%'()*+,-./:;<=>¿?@[]^_`{|}~
Below are some examples to demonstrate the conversion that takes place.
App Store
Company Name examples
Gameloft => http://appstore.com/gameloft
Activision Publishing, Inc. => http://appstore.com/activisionpublishinginc
Chen's Photography & Software => http://appstore.com/chensphotographyandsoftware
App Name examples
Ocarina => http://appstore.com/ocarina
Where’s My Perry? => http://appstore.com/wheresmyperry
Brain Challenge™ => http://appstore.com/brainchallenge
This is simple and short way to redirect/link other existing application on app store.
NSString *customURL = @"http://itunes.apple.com/app/id951386316";
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:customURL]])
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:customURL]];
}
it will open the App Store directly
NSString *iTunesLink = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/ebl-
skybanking/id1171655193?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
This worked for me perfectly using only APP ID:
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://itunes.apple.com/app/id%@",YOUR_APP_ID];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
The number of redirects is ZERO.
This code generates the App Store link on iOS
NSString *appName = [NSString stringWithString:[[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleName"]];
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/%@",[appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""]]];
Replace itms-apps with http on Mac:
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http:/itunes.com/app/%@",[appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""]]];
Open URL on iOS:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:appStoreURL];
Mac:
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:appStoreURL];
All the answers are outdated and don't work; use the below method.
All apps of a developer:
itms-apps://apps.apple.com/developer/developer-name/developerId
Single app:
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/appId
Simply change 'itunes' to 'phobos' in the app link.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300136119&mt=8
Now it will open the App Store directly
Creating a link could become a complex issue when supporting multiple OS and multiple platform. For example the WebObjects isn't supported on iOS 7 (some of them), some links you create would open another country store then the user's etc.
There is an open source library called iLink that could help you.
There advantages of this library is that the links would be found and created at run time (the library would check the app ID and the OS it is running on and would figure out what link should be created). The best point in this is that you don't need to configure almost anything before using it so that is error free and would work always. That's great also if you have few targets on same project so you don't have to remember which app ID or link to use. This library also would prompt the user to upgrade the app if there is a new version on the store (this is built in and you turn this off by a simple flag) directly pointing to the upgrade page for the app if user agrees.
Copy the 2 library files to your project (iLink.h & iLink.m).
On your appDelegate.m:
#import "iLink.h"
+ (void)initialize
{
//configure iLink
[iLink sharedInstance].globalPromptForUpdate = YES; // If you want iLink to prompt user to update when the app is old.
}
and on the place you want to open the rating page for example just use:
[[iLink sharedInstance] iLinkOpenAppPageInAppStoreWithAppleID: YOUR_PAID_APP_APPLE_ID]; // You should find YOUR_PAID_APP_APPLE_ID from iTunes Connect
Don't forget to import iLink.h on the same file.
There is a very good doc for the whole library there and an example projects for iPhone and for Mac.
Starting from iOS 6 right way to do it by using SKStoreProductViewController class.
Swift 5.x:
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(_ identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProduct(withParameters: parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.present(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
private func productViewControllerDidFinish(viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
// Usage:
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier("1234567")
Swift 3.x:
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProduct(withParameters: parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.present(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
func productViewControllerDidFinish(_ viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
// Usage:
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: "13432")
You can get the app's itunes item identifier like this: (instead of a static one)
Swift 3.2
var appID: String = infoDictionary["CFBundleIdentifier"]
var url = URL(string: "http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=\(appID)")
var data = Data(contentsOf: url!)
var lookup = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: []) as? [AnyHashable: Any]
var appITunesItemIdentifier = lookup["results"][0]["trackId"] as? String
openStoreProductViewController(withITunesItemIdentifier: Int(appITunesItemIdentifier!) ?? 0)
Swift 2.x:
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProductWithParameters(parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.presentViewController(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
func productViewControllerDidFinish(viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
// Usage
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier("2321354")
objective-C:
static NSInteger const kAppITunesItemIdentifier = 324684580;
[self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier:kAppITunesItemIdentifier];
- (void)openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier:(NSInteger)iTunesItemIdentifier {
SKStoreProductViewController *storeViewController = [[SKStoreProductViewController alloc] init];
storeViewController.delegate = self;
NSNumber *identifier = [NSNumber numberWithInteger:iTunesItemIdentifier];
NSDictionary *parameters = @{ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier:identifier };
UIViewController *viewController = self.window.rootViewController;
[storeViewController loadProductWithParameters:parameters
completionBlock:^(BOOL result, NSError *error) {
if (result)
[viewController presentViewController:storeViewController
animated:YES
completion:nil];
else NSLog(@"SKStoreProductViewController: %@", error);
}];
[storeViewController release];
}
#pragma mark - SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate
- (void)productViewControllerDidFinish:(SKStoreProductViewController *)viewController {
[viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
You can get
kAppITunesItemIdentifier(app's itunes item identifier) like this: (instead of a static one)
NSDictionary* infoDictionary = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary];
NSString* appID = infoDictionary[@"CFBundleIdentifier"];
NSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?bundleId=%@", appID]];
NSData* data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url];
NSDictionary* lookup = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:0 error:nil];
NSString * appITunesItemIdentifier = lookup[@"results"][0][@"trackId"];
[self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier:[appITunesItemIdentifier intValue]];
Creating a link could become a complex issue when supporting multiple OS and multiple platform. For example the WebObjects isn't supported on iOS 7 (some of them), some links you create would open another country store then the user's etc.
There is an open source library called iLink that could help you.
There advantages of this library is that the links would be found and created at run time (the library would check the app ID and the OS it is running on and would figure out what link should be created). The best point in this is that you don't need to configure almost anything before using it so that is error free and would work always. That's great also if you have few targets on same project so you don't have to remember which app ID or link to use. This library also would prompt the user to upgrade the app if there is a new version on the store (this is built in and you turn this off by a simple flag) directly pointing to the upgrade page for the app if user agrees.
Copy the 2 library files to your project (iLink.h & iLink.m).
On your appDelegate.m:
#import "iLink.h"
+ (void)initialize
{
//configure iLink
[iLink sharedInstance].globalPromptForUpdate = YES; // If you want iLink to prompt user to update when the app is old.
}
and on the place you want to open the rating page for example just use:
[[iLink sharedInstance] iLinkOpenAppPageInAppStoreWithAppleID: YOUR_PAID_APP_APPLE_ID]; // You should find YOUR_PAID_APP_APPLE_ID from iTunes Connect
Don't forget to import iLink.h on the same file.
There is a very good doc for the whole library there and an example projects for iPhone and for Mac.
For Xcode 9.1 and Swift 4:
import StoreKit
2.Conform the protocol
SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate
3.Implement the protocol
func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: String) {
let storeViewController = SKStoreProductViewController()
storeViewController.delegate = self
let parameters = [ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : identifier]
storeViewController.loadProduct(withParameters: parameters) { [weak self] (loaded, error) -> Void in
if loaded {
// Parent class of self is UIViewContorller
self?.present(storeViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
3.1
func productViewControllerDidFinish(_ viewController: SKStoreProductViewController) {
viewController.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier(identifier: "here_put_your_App_id")
Note:
It is very important to enter the exact ID of your APP. Because this cause error (not show the error log, but nothing works fine because of this)
Try this way
http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id="your app ID here" return json.From this, find key "trackViewUrl" and value is the desired url. use this url(just replace https:// with itms-apps://).This works just fine.
For example if your app ID is xyz then go to this link http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=xyz
Then find the url for key "trackViewUrl".This is the url for your app in app store and to use this url in xcode try this
NSString *iTunesLink = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/Your app name/id Your app ID?mt=8&uo=4";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
Thanks
This is simple and short way to redirect/link other existing application on app store.
NSString *customURL = @"http://itunes.apple.com/app/id951386316";
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:customURL]])
{
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:customURL]];
}
Try this way
http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id="your app ID here" return json.From this, find key "trackViewUrl" and value is the desired url. use this url(just replace https:// with itms-apps://).This works just fine.
For example if your app ID is xyz then go to this link http://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=xyz
Then find the url for key "trackViewUrl".This is the url for your app in app store and to use this url in xcode try this
NSString *iTunesLink = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/Your app name/id Your app ID?mt=8&uo=4";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
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According to Apple's latest document You need to use
appStoreLink = "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8"
or
SKStoreProductViewController
Simply change 'itunes' to 'phobos' in the app link.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300136119&mt=8
Now it will open the App Store directly
I think Apple has provided a new link for the app link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1445530088 or https://apps.apple.com/app/ {your_app_id}
According to Apple's latest document You need to use
appStoreLink = "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8"
or
SKStoreProductViewController
To have a direct link without redirection :
http:// with itms-apps://[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];Be careful, those links only works on actual devices, not in simulator.
Source : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2008/qa1629.html
If you want to open an app directly to the App Store, you should use:
itms-apps://...
This way it will directly open the App Store app in the device, instead of going to iTunes first, then only open the App Store (when using just itms://)
Hope that helps.
EDIT: APR, 2017. itms-apps:// actually works again in iOS10. I tested it.
EDIT: APR, 2013. This no longer works in iOS5 and above. Just use
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id378458261
and there are no more redirects.
I think Apple has provided a new link for the app link: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1445530088 or https://apps.apple.com/app/ {your_app_id}
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/[appName]/[appID]
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/developer/[developerName]/[developerID]
-(IBAction)clickedUpdate
{
NSString *simple = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id1234567890";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:simple]];
}
replace 'id1234567890' with 'id' and 'your ten digit number'
This works perfectly on all devices.
It does go straight to the app store, no redirects.
Is OK for all national stores.
It's true you should move to using loadProductWithParameters, but if the purpose of the link is to update the app you are actually inside of: it's possibly better to use this "old-fashioned" approach.
Despite there being loads of answers here, none of the suggestions for linking to the developers apps seem to work anymore.
When I last visited I was able to get it working using the format:
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/developer/developer-name/id123456789
This no longer works, but removing the developer name does:
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/developer/id123456789
This worked for me perfectly using only APP ID:
NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://itunes.apple.com/app/id%@",YOUR_APP_ID];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString]];
The number of redirects is ZERO.
If you want to link to a developer's apps and the developer's name has punctuation or spaces (e.g. Development Company, LLC) form your URL like this:
itms-apps://itunes.com/apps/DevelopmentCompanyLLC
Otherwise it returns "This request cannot be processed" on iOS 4.3.3
To have a direct link without redirection :
http:// with itms-apps://[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];Be careful, those links only works on actual devices, not in simulator.
Source : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2008/qa1629.html
If you want to open an app directly to the App Store, you should use:
itms-apps://...
This way it will directly open the App Store app in the device, instead of going to iTunes first, then only open the App Store (when using just itms://)
Hope that helps.
EDIT: APR, 2017. itms-apps:// actually works again in iOS10. I tested it.
EDIT: APR, 2013. This no longer works in iOS5 and above. Just use
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id378458261
and there are no more redirects.
it will open the App Store directly
NSString *iTunesLink = @"itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/ebl-
skybanking/id1171655193?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
All the answers are outdated and don't work; use the below method.
All apps of a developer:
itms-apps://apps.apple.com/developer/developer-name/developerId
Single app:
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/appId
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/[appName]/[appID]
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/developer/[developerName]/[developerID]
You can get a link to a specific item in the app store or iTunes through the link maker at: http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker/
A number of answers suggest using 'itms' or 'itms-apps' but this practice is not specifically recommended by Apple. They only offer the following way to open the App Store:
Listing 1 Launching the App Store from an iOS application
NSString *iTunesLink = @"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
See https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1629/_index.html last updated March, 2014 as of this answer.
For apps that support iOS 6 and above, Apple offers a in-app mechanism for presenting the App Store: SKStoreProductViewController
- (void)loadProductWithParameters:(NSDictionary *)parameters completionBlock:(void (^)(BOOL result, NSError *error))block;
// Example:
SKStoreProductViewController* spvc = [[SKStoreProductViewController alloc] init];
spvc.delegate = self;
[spvc loadProductWithParameters:@{ SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier : @(364709193) } completionBlock:^(BOOL result, NSError *error){
if (error)
// Show sorry
else
// Present spvc
}];
Note that on iOS6, the completion block may not be called if there are errors. This appears to be a bug that was resolved in iOS 7.
Apple just announced the appstore.com urls.
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
There are three types of App Store Short Links, in two forms, one for iOS apps, another for Mac Apps:
Company Name
iOS: http://appstore.com/ for example, http://appstore.com/apple
Mac: http://appstore.com/mac/ for example, http://appstore.com/mac/apple
App Name
iOS: http://appstore.com/ for example, http://appstore.com/keynote
Mac: http://appstore.com/mac/ for example, http://appstore.com/mac/keynote
App by Company
iOS: http://appstore.com// for example, http://appstore.com/apple/keynote
Mac: http://appstore.com/mac// for example, http://appstore.com/mac/apple/keynote
Most companies and apps have a canonical App Store Short Link. This canonical URL is created by changing or removing certain characters (many of which are illegal or have special meaning in a URL (for example, "&")).
To create an App Store Short Link, apply the following rules to your company or app name:
Remove all whitespace
Convert all characters to lower-case
Remove all copyright (©), trademark (™) and registered mark (®) symbols
Replace ampersands ("&") with "and"
Remove most punctuation (See Listing 2 for the set)
Replace accented and other "decorated" characters (ü, å, etc.) with their elemental character (u, a, etc.)
Leave all other characters as-is.
Listing 2 Punctuation characters that must be removed.
!¡"#$%'()*+,-./:;<=>¿?@[]^_`{|}~
Below are some examples to demonstrate the conversion that takes place.
App Store
Company Name examples
Gameloft => http://appstore.com/gameloft
Activision Publishing, Inc. => http://appstore.com/activisionpublishinginc
Chen's Photography & Software => http://appstore.com/chensphotographyandsoftware
App Name examples
Ocarina => http://appstore.com/ocarina
Where’s My Perry? => http://appstore.com/wheresmyperry
Brain Challenge™ => http://appstore.com/brainchallenge
This code generates the App Store link on iOS
NSString *appName = [NSString stringWithString:[[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleName"]];
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"itms-apps://itunes.com/app/%@",[appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""]]];
Replace itms-apps with http on Mac:
NSURL *appStoreURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http:/itunes.com/app/%@",[appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""]]];
Open URL on iOS:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:appStoreURL];
Mac:
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:appStoreURL];
This is working and directly linking in ios5
NSString *iTunesLink = @"http://itunes.apple.com/app/baseball-stats-tracker-touch/id490256272?mt=8";
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink]];
Source: Stackoverflow.com